For more than a decade, staff with the Douglas County Office of Emergency Management have worked to educate citizens on the importance of being prepared for the different kinds of emergencies that can impact the county.
“We are trying to build resiliency in our communities by having our community members be prepared for all kinds of things,” said Anne Walton-Cooper, Douglas County emergency management coordinator.
Although wildfires are the number one threat to Douglas County, Walton-Cooper said that there are other events that residents don’t typically think about that they need to be prepared for…